Help Folks with Menu Orders at Home $10-$15 hour

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Hi! May I Take Your Order?

Yep — that's what you're doing for the company DoorDash. Only you get to do it from your own home! Nice! I've kind of been on a roll lately writing about all these food/order taking companies. Because I personally am fascinated with this type of work, I knew a lot of my readers would be too. So with that mindset, I set out to research them all. Today it's DoorDash.

So who is DoorDash?

DoorDash is actually old by internet standards. They were founded in 2013. But like many great start-ups in this day and age — it was a college dorm room idea that ultimately took off with hard work. Basically DoorDash delivers food within 45 minutes away in areas and cities that they cover. Currently the cities they cover are: San Francisco, San Jose/Silicon Valley, Oakland/East Bay, Los Angeles, LA Valley, Orange County, San Diego, Brooklyn, Lower Manhattan, Boston, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Dallas, Houston, Minneapolis, and Phoenix.

But they are growing rapidly. And delivery food like Taco Bell and most recently Dunkin Donuts — they don't seem to losing any steam. Though they do have a lot of competition. OrderUp, Grubhub and Pizza delivery all deliver food too.

But this is a boon for those of us that want to work from home. And the real bonus is that taking food orders can come in low on the stress level compared to other phone-based work at home jobs.

So the Pay and Hours – Tell Me More!

I've read a few different variations on what the pay is — but I'm gonna quote directly from the DoorDash site:

You could make up to $15/hr. Average pay will be around $10/hr. Order more, make more!

The range comes from being paid PER order — not a base PER hour. You're paid a rate of .35 cents per order — I know it doesn't sound like a lot but DoorDash also has a bonus system in place, so you can certainly make more by hitting quotas or working their craziest busy time hours. (Meaning – nights, weekends and holidays!)

Speaking of busy hours — there can be a lull in action — so just showing up isn't always going to garner a paycheck. As well — there has been some talk of over-hiring which can mean things are pretty competitive. Of course, I never let any of that stop me from applying or trying something out. That goes for everyone. For every five hires, maybe 2 find out it's not for them — so there is always room for someone else.

For actual shifts, DoorDash is open from 7am to 10pm PST every day! So you can work the hours you want, they just ask that whatever shifts you pick — you stick with that.

This is an independent contractor position, so sadly, no benefits and no job security. BUT – for many of us that have been out in the “work at home” world for awhile know that this is nothing new. Just as easily as we toss a virtual job because we don't like it or find something better — employers like the idea of doing the same. Take Uber for example — lots of promises when they first started for their customer service reps — but eventually moved the ones hired as employees to “staffing agency” status and sent many of their customer service jobs overseas. Companies can be fickle out there – so try and have a tough skin and always be ready to jump to something new.

What Are the Qualifications

Actually, DoorDash does not have any mega hoops. I'd say this is pretty much wide open for many of us. On their job application they have the following:

Details

Work from home! This job is 100% remote, you can do it from your couch. Work from any state in America! You will be calling in to go orders and speaking with many different merchants. Being familiar with ordering takeout is helpful! You could make up to $15/hr. Average pay will be around $10/hr. Order more, make more! This is an independent contractor position – choose when you want to work!

Requirements

You own a computer You have fast and reliable internet You are attentive to details You are patient and speak clearly You have references and can pass a background check

Pretty basic stuff there if you ask me. So those with little or no customer service experience and really wanting to work from home — here's one that you should go for.

I see forms crop up here and there to apply. The latest one is here. They do have a blog that your can check out as well here. I include that because they might announce new cities, new clients and other posts about growth which means more hiring. Plus it's kinda cool to know if they are coming to your city and new companies they are delivering for.